Source document: https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1698940405313.pdf (Zambia)
IIIINISTERIAL STATEiIENT ON THE AIIEGED TORTURE BY POTICE BY HON.

I}R. NG('SA SIMBYAtrtUr.A,' Mp.

}IIhTISTER OF IIOME Ar'FAINS February 2014 t"lR.

SPEAKER, THE MATTER AT HAND WAS REPORTED TO MAZABUKA POLICI- STATION ON 5|N FEBRUARY 2014 BY MS EMILY MANYONI AGED 35 YEARS OF SIYONI SECTION IN ZAMBIA COMPOUND OF MAZABUKA WHO INDICATED THAT SHE WAS BEATEN BY POLICE OFFICERS WHO APPREHENDED HER ON ALLEGATION THAT SHE BOUGHT A STOLEN RADIO FROM CRIMINALS.

THE VICTIM SUSTAiNED BRUISES AND GENERAL BODY PAINS.
THE OFFICERS WHO ARE ALLEGED TO HAVE INFLICTED THE INJURIES ON THE VICTIM ARE NUMBER 27147 SERGEANT CHANSA, 33989 SERGEANT MUCHiNDU, AND 33935 CONSTABLE MUZALA, ALL PLYING UNDER THE CRIMINAL INVESTiGATION DEPARTMENT AT MMABUKA POLiCE STATION.
BRIEF FACTS OF THE MATTER ARE THAT ON THE DAY OF 29TI] JANUARY 2014 THE SAID COMPLAiNANT MS EMILY MANYONI WHO PLiES A SHABEEN AT HER HOUSE WAS APPROACHED BY TWO (2) pLArN CLOTHED pOLiCE OFFICERS AND TWO (2) NETGHBOURHOOD WATCH MEMBERS WITH A VIEW TO SEARCHING HER HOUSE ON SUSPICION THAT SHE HAD BOUGHT A STOLEN RADIO FROM KNOWN INCARCERATED CRIMINALS.

IT WAS ALLEGED THAT THE RADIO WAS STOLEN FROM A SHOP OR GYM BELONGING TO A LOCAL BUSiNESSMAN, MR BHAGOOS.
THE HOUSE WAS SEARCHED AND THE SAID RADIO WAS NOT FOUND.

THE VICTIM WAS PICKED UP AND TAKEN TO MAZABUKA POLICE STATION FOR FURTHER INQUIRIES.

DESPITE INSISTENCE BY THE SUSPECTS IN A CASE OF BURGLARY A IlD THEFT MATTER THAT THE STOLEN RADIO V/AS SOLD TO HER, I_HE SAID MS EMILY MANYON] DENIED HAVING BOUGHT ANY ITEM FROM THE SUSPECTS.

AT THIS POINT IT IS ALLEGED THAT TI,IE COMPLAINANT WAS THEN TAKEN TO 10 MILES POLICE POST ON THE LIVINGSTONE/MAZABUKA ROAD WHERE OFFICERS CONTINUED WITH THE iNTERROGATION.
ON 3OTH ]ANUARY 2014 THE COMPLAINANT WAS RELEASED ON POLICE BOND AFTER SPENDING A NIGHT IN CELLS.

THE COMPLAINANT GOT A MEDICAL REPORT AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ADMiTTED TO MAZABUKA DISTRICT HOSPITAL WHERE SHE RECEIVED TREATMENT.
AND UPON HER DiSCHARGE FROM THE HOSPiTAL, THE SAID COMPLAINANT LODGED A COMPLAINT OF ASSAULT OCASSIONiNG BODILY HARM AND A DOCKET OF CASE WAS OPENED, iNVESTIGATIONS WERE LAUNCHED AND SO FAR THREE POLICE OFFICERS AND TWO NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH OFFICERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE OFFENCE OF ASSAULT OCCASIONiNG ACTUAL BODILY HARM AND WILL APPEAR IN COURT TOMMORROW (FRIDAY, 28tt FEBRUARY, zo14).

ALLOW ME SIR TO DWELL ON ANOTHER SERIOUS INCIDENT OF GREAT CONCERN TO GOVERNMENT.
THIS RELATES TO THE REPORTED DEATH OF MALE MATIAS BANDA AT CHILENJE POLICE STATION HERE IN LUSAKA.

ON 14TH FEBRUARY 2013, A MR MATIAS BANDA, AGED 25 YEARS, WAS ARRESTED BY POLICE OFFICERS BASED AT CHILENJE POLICE STATTON ON A CHARGE OF BURGLARY HAVING BEEN FOU|{D IN POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY (CELLPHONE).

MATiAS WAS LOCKED UP IN POL]CE CELLS TOGETHER WITH THREE OTHER ACCOMPLICES.
THE FOLLOWiNG MORNING AT ABOUT 06:00 HOURS, THE SArD MATIAS BANDA WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN THE CELLS DURING THE MORNING CHECK UP.

HE WAS RUSHED TO THE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL (UTH) WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.

iNVESTIGATIONS BY THE POLICE HAVE BEEN CONSTiTUTED AND TWO PEOPLE AMONG THE INMATES WERE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY FELOW INMATES DURING AN IDENTIFICATION PARADE CONDUCTED BY POLICE.

THE TWO HAVE SINCE BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE OFFENCE OF MURDER AND WiLL APPEAR IN COURT SOON.

I THANK YOU SIR.